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COVID-19 and Informal Settlements - Implications for Water, Sanitation and Health in India and Indonesia

Parikh, P; Bou Karim, Y; Paulose, J; Factor-Litvak, PP; Nix, DE; Nur Aisyah, DD; Chaturvedi, H; ... Lakhanpaul, PM; + view all (2020) COVID-19 and Informal Settlements - Implications for Water, Sanitation and Health in India and Indonesia. (UCL Open: Environment Preprint ). UCL Press: London, UK. Green open access

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Abstract

Informal settlements are home to over one billion people worldwide and are characterised by high population densities and poor environmental conditions. The authors identify the impact of COVID-19 on existing water and sanitation practices and potential pathways for transmission of COVID-19 in informal settlements in India and Indonesia. In the short term, there is an urgent need for mobile hand washing, washing/bathing facilities and toilets. In the long term, COVID-19 provides an opportunity to invest in centralised water and sanitation networked solutions appropriated for high-density settings to integrate those settlements into the city, improve environmental conditions and health in cities.

Type: Working / discussion paper
Title: COVID-19 and Informal Settlements - Implications for Water, Sanitation and Health in India and Indonesia
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.14324/111.444/000036.v3
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444/000036.v3
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords: Policy and law, WASH, Informal settlements, India, COVID-19, Indonesia, infection pathways, Water, The Environment
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett Sch of Const and Proj Mgt
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10108332
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